great sense of empathy in me and i couldn't treat people who were nice to me regardless of their race, religion or sexual orientation in any other way than how i wanted to be treated and i made a conscious effort to try and shed a lot of those lessones that i've been taught. >> interesting we've been talking a lot lately how a person can become radicalized. it's as though you became unradicalized. you made a choice, even though you're steeped into hatred and violence, you chose peace instead. that's powerful. i want your reaction. we are seeing horrific images of what is happening and we know the news has been following the story of james foley and steven sotloff, the horrible actions of isis in iraq and syria. what does that bring up in you? >> you know, it makes me very sad, first of all, you know, it's obviously a huge loss to their families, and you know, groups like isis are very adept at using social media and the internet to spread their message of propaganda. i think that's one of the main reasons they're using westerners in their videos to try and gain attention with western audiences